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Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology : Development of a Methodology Through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru (2011)

Vergara, Walter ; Deeb, Alejandro ; Leino, Irene ; [weitere]

Washington, D. C. : The World Bank

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Schlagwort(e): climate change ; glaciers ; Peru ; Andes ; water regulation

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Climate change is beginning to have effects on climate, weather and resource availability in ways that need to be anticipated when planning for the future. In particular, changes in rainfall patterns and temperature may impact the intensity or schedule of water availability. Also the retreat of tropical glaciers, the drying of unique Andean wetland ecosystems, as well as increased weather variability and weather extremes will affect water regulation. These changes have the potential to impact the energy and other sectors, such as agriculture, and could have broader economic effects. Anticipating the impacts of climate change is a new frontier. There are few examples of predictions of the impact of climate change on resource availability and even fewer examples of the applications of such predictions to planning for sustainable economic development. However, having access to an effective methodology would allow planners and policy makers to better plan for adaptation measures to address the consequences of climate change on the power and water sectors. This report presents a summary of the efforts to develop methodological tools for the assessment of climate impacts on surface hydrology in the Peruvian Andes. It is targeted to decision makers in Peru and in other countries to give them guidance on how to choose available and suitable tools and make an assessment of climate impacts on water regulation.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (XIX, 157 Seiten)

ISBN: 9780821386637

URL: http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821386620

Sprache: Englisch

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Climate Impacts on Energy Systems : Key Issues for Energy Sector Adaptation (2011)

Washington, D. C. : The World Bank

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Schlagwort(e): adaptation ; climate change ; climate projections

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: While the energy sector is a primary target of efforts to arrest and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon footprint of development, it is also expected to be increasingly affected by unavoidable climate consequences from the damage already induced in the biosphere. Energy services and resources, as well as seasonal demand, will be increasingly affected by changing trends, increasing variability, greater extremes and large inter-annual variations in climate parameters in some regions. All evidence suggests that adaptation is not an optional add-on but an essential reckoning on par with other business risks. Existing energy infrastructure, new infrastructure and future planning need to consider emerging climate conditions and impacts on design, construction, operation, and maintenance. Integrated risk-based planning processes will be critical to address the climate change impacts and harmonize actions within and across sectors. Also, awareness, knowledge, and capacity impede mainstreaming of climate adaptation into the energy sector. However, the formal knowledge base is still nascent—information needs are complex and to a certain extent regionally and sector specific. This report provides an up-to-date compendium of what is known about weather variability and projected climate trends and their impacts on energy service provision and demand. It discusses emerging practices and tools for managing these impacts and integrating climate considerations into planning processes and operational practices in an environment of uncertainty. It focuses on energy sector adaptation, rather than mitigation which is not discussed in this report. This report draws largely on available scientific and peer-reviewed literature in the public domain and takes the perspective of the developing world to the extent possible.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (XXXIX, 178 Seiten)

ISBN: 9780821386989

URL: http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821386972

Sprache: Englisch

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Human Rights and Climate Change : A Review of the International Legal Dimensions (2011)

McInerney-Lankford, Siobhan ; Darrow, Mac ; Rajamani, Lavanya

Washington, D. C. : The World Bank

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Schlagwort(e): climate change ; global warming ; environmental law ; human rights

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This Study explores arguments about the impact of climate change on human rights, examining the international legal frameworks governing human rights and climate change and identifying the relevant synergies and tensions between them. It considers arguments about (i) the human rights impacts of climate change at a macro level and how these impacts are spread disparately across countries; (ii) how climate change impacts human rights enjoyment within states and the equity and discrimination dimensions of those disparate impacts; and (iii) the role of international legal frameworks and mechanisms, including human rights instruments, particularly in the context of supporting developing countries’ adaptation efforts. The Study surveys the interface of human rights and climate change from the perspective of public international law. It builds upon the work that has been carried out on this interface by reviewing the legal issues it raises and complementing existing analyses by providing a comprehensive legal overview of the area and a focus on obligations upon States and other actors connected with climate change. The objective has therefore been to contribute to the global debate on climate change and human rights by offering a review of the legal dimensions of this interface as well as a survey of the sources of public international law potentially relevant to climate change and human rights in order to facilitate an understanding of what is meant, in legal terms, by 'human rights impacts of climate change' and help identify ways in which international law can respond to this interaction. This is a complex and dynamically evolving legal and policy landscape and this study aims to capture its most salient features insofar as they appear at present.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (XII, 145 Seiten)

ISBN: 9780821387238

URL: http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821387207

Sprache: Englisch

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Climate Change : Geophysical Foundations and Ecological Effects (2011)

Blanco, Juan ; Kheradmand, Houshang

Rijeka : InTech

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Schlagwort(e): climate change

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This book offers an interdisciplinary view of the biophysical issues related to climate change. Climate change is a phenomenon by which the long-term averages of weather events (i.e. temperature, precipitation, wind speed, etc.) that define the climate of a region are not constant but change over time. There have been a series of past periods of climatic change, registered in historical or paleoecological records. In the first section of this book, a series of state-of-the-art research projects explore the biophysical causes for climate change and the techniques currently being used and developed for its detection in several regions of the world. The second section of the book explores the effects that have been reported already on the flora and fauna in different ecosystems around the globe. Among them, the ecosystems and landscapes in arctic and alpine regions are expected to be among the most affected by the change in climate, as they will suffer the more intense changes. The final section of this book explores in detail those issues.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (520 Seiten)

ISBN: 9789533074191

URL: http://www.intechopen.com/books/show/title/climate-change-geophysical-foundations-and-ecological-effects

Sprache: Englisch

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Carbon Capture and Storage and the London Protocol (2011)

International Energy Agency, IEA (Paris) ; International Energy Agency (IEA)

Paris : OECD/IEA

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Schlagwort(e): energy ; energy economics

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that 100 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects will be required by 2020 and over 3 000 by 2050 if CCS is to contribute fully to the least-cost technology portfolio for CO2 mitigation. For CCS to reach its emissions reduction potential, the 2009 IEA publication Technology Roadmap: Carbon Capture and Storage recommends that international legal obstacles associated with global CCS deployment be removed by 2012 – including the prohibition on transboundary CO2 transfer under the London Protocol. The London Protocol was amended by contracting parties in 2009 to allow for cross-border transportation of CO2 for sub-seabed storage, but the amendment must be ratified by two-thirds of contracting parties to enter into force. It is unlikely that this will occur in the near term; this working paper therefore outlines options that may be available to contracting parties under international law to address the barrier to deployment presented by Article 6, pending formal entry into force of the 2009 amendment.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (40 Seiten)

URL: http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/carbon-capture-and-storage-and-the-london-protocol.html

Sprache: Englisch

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World Energy Outlook 2011 : Special Report - Energy for All (2011)

International Energy Agency, IEA (Paris) ; International Energy Agency (IEA)

Paris : OECD/IEA

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Schlagwort(e): energy ; energy economics

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: What impact will the return of high energy prices have on the fragile economic recovery? Will geopolitical unrest, price volatility and policy inaction defer investment in the oil sector and amplify risks to our energy security? What will renewed uncertainty surrounding the role of nuclear power mean for future energy and environmental trends? Is the gap between our climate actions and our climate goals becoming insurmountable? World Energy Outlook 2011 tackles these and other pressing questions. The latest data, policy developments, and the experience of another turbulent year are brought together to provide robust analysis and insight into global energy markets. WEO-2011 once again gives detailed energy demand and supply projections out to 2035, broken down by region, fuel, sector and scenario.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (52 Seiten)

URL: http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/weo-2011---special-report---energy-for-all.html

Sprache: Englisch

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Planet Earth 2011 - Global Warming Challenges and Opportunities for Policy and Practice (2011)

Carayannis, Elias G.

Rijeka : InTech

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Schlagwort(e): environmental engineering ; climate change ; global warming

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: The failure of the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 to effectively reach a global agreement on emission reduction targets, led many within the developing world to view this as a reversal of the Kyoto Protocol and an attempt by the developed nations to shirk out of their responsibility for climate change. The issue of global warming has been at the top of the political agenda for a number of years and has become even more pressing with the rapid industrialization taking place in China and India. This book looks at the effects of climate change throughout different regions of the world and discusses to what extent cleantech and environmental initiatives such as the destruction of fluorinated greenhouse gases, biofuels, and the role of plant breeding and biotechnology. The book concludes with an insight into the socio-religious impact that global warming has, citing Christianity and Islam.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (646 Seiten)

ISBN: 9789533077338

URL: http://www.intechopen.com/books/show/title/planet-earth-2011-global-warming-challenges-and-opportunities-for-policy-and-practice

Sprache: Englisch

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Climate Change : Socioeconomic Effects (2011)

Blanco, Juan ; Kheradmand, Houshang

Rijeka : InTech

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Schlagwort(e): climate change

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: This book shows some of the socio-economic impacts of climate change according to different estimates of the current or estimated global warming. A series of scientific and experimental research projects explore the impacts of climate change and browse the techniques to evaluate the related impacts. These 23 chapters provide a good overview of the different changes impacts that already have been detected in several regions of the world. They are part of an introduction to the researches being done around the globe in connection with this topic. However, climate change is not just an academic issue important only to scientists and environmentalists; it also has direct implications on various ecosystems and technologies.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (454 Seiten)

ISBN: 9789533074115

URL: http://www.intechweb.org/books/show/title/climate-change-socioeconomic-effects

Sprache: Englisch

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Advances in Data, Methods, Models and Their Applications in Geoscience (2011)

Chen, Dongmei

Rijeka : InTech

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Schlagwort(e): geology ; geophysics

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: With growing attention on global environmental and climate change, geoscience has experienced rapid change and development in the last three decades. Many new data, methods and modeling techniques have been developed and applied in various aspects of geoscience. The chapters collected in this book present an excellent profile of the current state of various data, analysis methods and modeling techniques, and demonstrate their applications from hydrology, geology and paleogeomorphology, to geophysics, environmental and climate change. The wide range methods and techniques covered in the book include information systems and technology, global position system (GPS), digital sediment core image analysis, fuzzy set theory for hydrology, spatial interpolation, spectral analysis of geophysical data, GIS-based hydrological models, high resolution geological models, 3D sedimentology, change detection from remote sensing, etc. Besides two comprehensive review articles, most chapters focus on in-depth studies of a particular method or technique.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (336 Seiten)

ISBN: 9789533077376

URL: http://www.intechweb.org/books/show/title/advances-in-data-methods-models-and-their-applications-in-geoscience

Sprache: Englisch

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World Energy Outlook 2011 : Special Report - Are we entering a golden age ? (2011)

International Energy Agency, IEA (Paris) ; International Energy Agency (IEA)

Paris : OECD/IEA

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Schlagwort(e): energy ; energy economics

Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: What impact will the return of high energy prices have on the fragile economic recovery? Will geopolitical unrest, price volatility and policy inaction defer investment in the oil sector and amplify risks to our energy security? What will renewed uncertainty surrounding the role of nuclear power mean for future energy and environmental trends? Is the gap between our climate actions and our climate goals becoming insurmountable? World Energy Outlook 2011 tackles these and other pressing questions. The latest data, policy developments, and the experience of another turbulent year are brought together to provide robust analysis and insight into global energy markets. WEO-2011 once again gives detailed energy demand and supply projections out to 2035, broken down by region, fuel, sector and scenario.

Seiten: Online-Ressource (130 Seiten)

URL: http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/weo-2011---special-report---are-we-entering-a-golden-age--.html

Sprache: Englisch

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